Vacuum cleaner support



May 6, 1952 c. c. BATTS VACUUM CLEANER SUPPORT 2 SHEETS SHEET 1 FiledMarch 12, 4.948

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Patented May 6, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VACUUM CLEANER. SUPFORTCharles Cecil Batts, Elizabeth City, Va.

Application March 12, 1948, Serial No. HA?

(Cl. Mil-2Z4) 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a vacuumcleaner support.

One type of vacuum cleaner now in use is provided with runnerssupporting a tank, and when the operative is through using the cleanerthere is usually no convenient place to store it, and as a result thecleaner must be stored in more or less inconvenient places.

One of the objects of this invention is the provision of a vacuumcleaner provided with means for engagement with a device so that saidcleaner may be supported at a permanent place when not in use.

Other objects and features will more fully appear from the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a sectional perspective of a cleaner provided with fasteningmeans and a rack for engagement with said cleaner and fastening means;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the cleaner supported upon said rack;

Fig. 3 is a sectional side view of the cleaner and rack;

Fig. 4 is an exploded fragmentary sectional view of said cleaner;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the rack taken along lines 55 of Fig. 1looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the fastening means;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing a hose supported in a clasp and takenalong line 1--1 of Fig.2 in direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings, a vacuum cleaner i consists of a tank 2 towhich is attached one end of a hose 3; the other end being secured to apipe or conduit 4 having a nozzle 5 fixed thereto. To the basal portionof the tank are secured gliders or runners 6-1, and the tank may belifted by a handle 8 secured to the top portion of said tank, all ofwhich structure is well known in the art.

Brackets 9-l0 are secured to the front basal portion of the tank, whilebrackets II-l2 are fastened to the rear basal portion. Glider 6 issecured to brackets 9-I l by bolts and nuts; while glider I is likewisesecured to brackets Ill-I2.

A latch l3 consists of a band l4 provided with apertures l5l6 and anangular bolt or catch ll projects from said band. The band I4 is securedto brackets 9-H] by the same securing means that fastens said glidersand in the manner clearly shown in the exploded View of Fig. 4. It istherefore obvious that the bolt is securely fastened to the basalportion of the forward part of 2 said tank with the bolt ll projectingtherefrom and in angular fashion.

A rack I8 is adapted to be secured by screws ill to a wall 20 or anyother suitable supporting means; such as a door or the like. The rackconsists of a base 2| from which projects a platform 22 having securedthereto a socket or lipped pocket 23 adapted to receive bolt ll of saidlatch.

The platform is provided with beveled sides 24--25 which project fromthe base, and said base and sides form tracks upon which the gliders mayabut.

Clasps 26 may be secured to wall 20 (see Fig. 2) so that the hose, pipeand nozzle may be supported along with the tank thereby permitting thecomplete cleaner to be supported all at one time; thus avoidingdetachment of the various parts.

It is obvious from the foregoing that by simply grasping the handle 8 ofthe cleaner and lifting the latter to the rack until the catch engagesthe socket, a simple and effective supporting means is provided for avacuum cleaner. Of course the hose and like attachments may be securedto the clasps, as hereinbefore set forth.

Having described this invention, claimed is:

1. In a device of the character described the combination consisting ofa vacuum cleaner having a tank and a pair of gliders secured to bracketson the basal portion thereof and being in spaced relation to each other,said tank having a supporting latch secured by certain of said bracketsat one end thereof and a catch projecting therefrom, a supporting baseplate having a platform comprising an upraised portion with parallelsides, said platform having means forming an integral socket protrudingoutwardly therefrom midway between the said parallel sides and near oneend thereof, whereby, when the plate is mounted on a support the cleaneris adapted for engagement with said plate so that said catch will bereceived within the socket and the gliders of the cleaner will straddlethe said parallel sides, and thereby be firmly supported by and easilydetachable from the supporting base plate.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination consisting ofa vacuum cleaner having a tank and a pair of gliders secured to bracketson the basal portion thereof and in spaced relation to each other; alatch secured to certain of said brackets on the basal side of said tankand provided with a rigid catch midway between said gliders and near oneend of what is said tank; a rack consisting of a platform having a base;said platform having parallel sides and ends all projecting from saidbase; means forming a socket protruding from said platform near one ofits ends; said socket adapted to receive said catch so that the glidersof the cleaner will straddle the parallel sides of the platform.

CHARLES CECIL BATTS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Number Name Date Pfau Apr. 12, 1898 HaynesMay 16, 1922 Replogle Oct. 25, 1932 Replogle Oct. 25, 1932 Replogle Oct.25, 1932 Sheker May 18, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date SwitzerlandSept. 16, 1936 Great Britain May 28, 1937

